ANCESTRAL VILLAGE REPORT FOR
(CHIN KEE KHEE)

In conducting this research, our first step was to contact the Chin Clan Association of Taishan to see if they have any information on (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun).  The name of this association is (Wing Chuen Yut Hon Se, Ying Chuan Yue Kan She).  It is located on the second floor of a building in south Taicheng where it's a five-minute ride from our offices.  Photo 1 below shows the building's entrance and Photo 2 shows the door entrance on the second floor.  (The photos below may be enlarged by clicking on them.)  The association publishes a magazine twice a year known as Wing Chuen Monthly.  A copy of the front cover of this magazine is shown in Photo 2A.  Subscription to this magazine is free as the association is supported by donations only.

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The contact address and telephone for the Chin Clan association of Taishan is shown to the right.  Photo 3 and Photo 4 below show the office environment of the (Wing Chuen Yut Hon Se, Ying Chuan Yue Kan She) inside as it is big and well-furnished enough to accommodate large meetings.  Currently, only three people are working at this association as shown in Photo 5 below.  From the interview we conducted with the people at this office, we found out that (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun) area has its own Chin Clan association by the name of (Tai Ling Yut Hon Se, Ti Ling Yue Kan She).  Our next step was to locate this association in (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun)
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After a half an hour drive to Doushan, we were able to locate (Tai Ling Yut Hon Se, Ti Ling Yue Kan She) quite easily.  Its contact address and phone number is shown to the right.  The association also publishes a magazine known as the Ti Ling Monthly.  Photo 5A shows the front cover of this magazine.  Similar to the Wing Chuen Monthly magazine, it also comes out twice a year and it is free as the (Tai Ling Yut Hon Se, Ti Ling Yue Kan She) is also supported by donations only.  As we enter (Tai Ling Yut Hon Se, Ti Ling Yue Kan She) office, on the right is a wall filled with names showing the names of people who donated money to this association and a brief description of the ancestral beginnings of (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun).  This is shown in Photo 6.  Towards the back of the office is an ancestral shrine of (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun) ancestors as shown in Photo 7.
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Photo 7A is an enlarged snapshot of the shrine which shows the first five generations of ancestors for the (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun) area.  The first generation is (Tin Cheung Gung, Tian Xiang Gong).  Second generation is (Mung Leun, Meng Lin).  Third generation is (Tai Ling, Ti Ling) (also known as (Yau Ji, You Zhi) which is used after marriage).  Fourth generation is (Chit Yat, Chi Yi) who has two younger brothers known as (Chit Yi, Chi Er) and (Chi Saam, Chi San) but the two brothers died early in a seastorm.  (Chit Yat, Chi Yi) then gave birth to two sons, who are (Yun Hong, Yuan Kang) and (Yun Fuk, Yuan Fu).  (Yun Hong, Yuan Kang) is the direct ancestor of the (Daai Waan, Da Wan ) village and an enlarged version of his shrine is shown in Photo 7B.
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The (Tai Ling Yut Hon Se, Ti Ling Yue Kan She) office is currently being maintained by one person.  It is capable of holding small meetings as it has a long table shown in Photo 8.  The meetings are held at least a couple of meetings every year as most of the members are from the United States.  The person in charge of this association does not know if anyone in this association comes from Malaysia.  Outside of the office is a balcony where one can view the new (Daai Waan Siu Hok, Da Wan Xiao Xue) elementary school as shown in Photo 9.
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After consultation with the person in charge of this association, he was able to guide us to locate Chin Kee Khee's ancestral home in (Daai Waan, Da Wan).  We were able to locate his home as it consists of 3 buildings; each building was about 3 stories tall.  Photo 10 shows the entrance to one of these buildings as it was the home of Chin Kee Khee's great-grandfather, (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi) who had passed away.  Currently, (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi) great-grandson, (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) and his wife are taking care of the house as shown in Photo 11. Based from our interview with (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) (Photo 12), we were able to find out that (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) was borned in Malaysia back in 1947.  He later came over to China with his father in 1948 and has never been back to Malaysia since then.  He has seen his great-grandfather, (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi), when he was young and knew that (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi) became rich working in Malaysia.  We were not able to locate a photo of (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi), but we were able to get photos of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) other ancestors as their photos are displayed on the ancestral shrines in his house.
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An ancestral shrine of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) parents is placed on the first floor of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) house as shown in Photo 13.  Photo 14 is an enlarged picture of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) father (also grandson of (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi)) whose name is (Chan Jan Gei, Chen Zhen Ji).  On the second floor, a shrine of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) grandfather ( (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi) son) is hung as shown in Photo 15.  His name is (Chan Jung On, Chen Zhong An).
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On the third floor is an ancestral shrine showing names of the last six generations of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) family.  This is shown in Photo 16.  Although the other members of (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) family were not present at the interview, we were able to gather photos of them.  (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) has a brother by the name of (Chan Pui Gan, Chen Pei Gen) who lives in Taicheng town of Taishan.  His photo is shown in Photo 17.  (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) has four children, three daughters and one son.  Photo 18 shows a recent picture of his immediate family during his daughter's wedding.  The third person from the left in Photo 18 is the bridesgroom while the fourth person is the bride herself.  The second person from the left and the person on the far right are his other daughters.  The second from the right is (Chan Suk Yi, Chen Shu Yi) which is his only son.
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(Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) was also able to provide us a copy of his family tree showing his family origins 28 generations back.  Based on the information provided to us from (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen) and Chin Kee Khee, we were able to draw a tree of (Chan Yin Yi, Chen Xian Yi) descendants as shown below. Chan Yin Yi Chen Xian Yi                   Chan Jung Hong Chen Zhong Kang MORE   Chan Jung Bo Chen Zhong Bo   Chan Jung On Chen Zhong An MORE   Chan Bo Guen Chen Bao Juan (dead)   Chan Bo Ngoh Chen Bao E (New York)             Chan Leung Gei Chen Liang Ji
After our interview with (Chan Pui Jing, Chen Pei Zhen), our staff took some more photos of the (Luk Chuen Daai Waan, Liu Cun Da Wan) area.  Photo 19 below shows the main entrance to the (Daai Waan, Da Wan) village.  Photo 20 shows the old (Daai Waan Siu Hok, Da Wan Xiao Xue) school.  Photo 21 shows the entrance to the (Luk Chuen, Liu Cun) market.
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This concludes the ancestral village report for Chin Kee Khee.  Portions of this report may get updated as we gather more information in the future.

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